Kolkata, March 29 -- Within weeks of the ruckus inside the campus of India's premium Jadavpur University the Raj Bhavan on Friday removed Vice Chancellor Professor Bhaskar Gupta. The removal is interpreted as a punitive exercise as it comes barely three days before Professor Gupta's retirement.
A statement from the secretariat of Governor CV Ananda Bose read, "the authorisation given to Professor Bhaskar Gupta as per order on April 20, 2024, to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University is withdrawn and shall come into effect immediately."
Amid a long standing imbroglio on the appointment of vice chancellors the Governor's House had appointed Gupta a professor in the same university as the off...